In addition, I can tell you as a Principal Infrastructure & Cloud Services Architect for a top ten global bank that there's always been a raging war between financial services and nation state hacking groups, independent hacking groups such as Anonymous/KillNet and REvil constantly probing and attacking our systems and services.
I maintain very close relationships with our Global Security Operations and Global Threat Management teams, both of which are fully focused on IT Security, Threat Management & Prevention and Remediation efforts. We take these threats seriously, constantly monitor social media for events like this, constantly get updates from the Feds (Intelligence, Regulators, etc..)
Attacks are expected to target the SWIFT payment system to paralyze payments between European & international banks, then attack from there (work outside in.)
After the attack earlier this week on US Government systems, this is being taken VERY seriously.
Anonymous, KillNet and REvil are trying to trigger a run on banks in the West, which would cause a collapse, their attack directly will not.
I hope you all enjoy your weekend, I will not because of the above.
Meant to ping you to the above.
Good to know that the white hats are riding hard.
If people knew what goes on behind the screen it would freak em out.
The thin blue line gets a lot of credit for keeping things safe ... but there is an army of unknown soldiers , watchmen who stand the wall until their eyes bleed. ( not really bleed .. but you get the drift.)
Go get em ......
and get your self an RC and a moon pie while your at it...
It won’t work because people mostly don’t even know about this. The media won’t report it unless our deep state wants them to and our own intel is so corrupt that people don’t know who is manipulating anymore.
“this is being taken VERY seriously.”
Wow.This is a brilliant post with many insights. Thank you